ABSTRACT
Inquisitiveness is a primary intellectual virtue to educate for. This chapter establishes the basic structure of the intellectual virtues and subsequently offers an account of their common goal. This will lay the foundation for the characterization of inquisitiveness. In her influential work, Virtues of the Mind, Linda Zagzebski offers a prominent account of the structure of the virtues. Central to this account is Zagzebski's claim that the virtues are comprised of both a motivational and a success component. Inquisitiveness has been identified as the question-asking virtue. On the basis of this relationship, inquisitiveness can be seen to play a valuable role in children's learning and, moreover, a central and distinctive role in the intellectually virtuous life. Pritchard notes, "education is to be distinguished from the mere transmission of information to passive minds". This chapter finally concludes that inquisitiveness is a primary intellectual virtue to educate for.
